Photographic-background carrier.



G. F. ERICSON & W. H. TRUITT. PHOTOGRAPHIC BACKGROUND CARRIER.

' APPLICATION FILED OCT. I5. |9\5- Patented 0993,1916.

I WWW #47 Inventors.

GUNNAR F. ERICSON AND WILLIAM H. TRUITT, 0F JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

PHOTOGRAPHIC-BACKGROUN D CARRIER. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1916.

Application filed October 15, 1915. Serial N 0. 55,972.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GUNNAR F. ERIC- SON and l/VILLIAM H. Tnurrr,citizens of the United States, residing at Jersey City, in the county ofHudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Photographic-Background Carriers, of which the followingis a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in photographic backgroundcarriers and our objects are the production of a portable structurewhich may be easily folded for transportation, and on which a pluralityof backgrounds may be hung in such manner that they may be raised,lowered and turned at any desired angle and combined to form corners,panoramic group backgrounds and the like.

Figure 1 is a view of the carrier, Fig. 2

a detail view of the sliding swivel block and Figs. 3, 4 and 5diagrammatic views showing different arrangements of back grounds.

The carrier comprises an upright preferably composed of the telescopingsections 1 and 2. A plate 3 is carried by the upper part and the foot 4on the lower part has feet'5 and 7 pivoted thereto with the braces 6 and8 pivotally secured to the feet 5 and 7 at one end and to the slideblock 9 at the other, a clamp screw 10 serving to lock the slide block 9in position. The feet 5 and 7 are preferably at right angles to oneanother so the carrier may be used in a corner.

The top plate 3 has a plurality of rods 11, 12 and 13 pivoted to therear part and supported by the plate 3, which may have stops 1 1, 14, toprevent their passing off the supporting surface of the plate thuspermitting the rods to be swung in a plane at right angles to theupright.

Each rod has a slide block 15 which is movable along the rod. Pivoted tothe lower part of the slide block is the clip 16 which is revoluble onthe block 15. This clip engages the battens 17, 17 between which thebackground is fastened by a pivot pin 18 so that the ground will alwayshang squarely.

The grounds are preferably painted on both sides so that by revolvingthe clip 16 either side may be presented to the camera.

When a background provided with a foreground cloth is used rings 20, 20may be suspended so that the foreground cloth may be rolled up and itsprotruding battens 21 inserted in the rings permitting the background tobe used in the usual manner.

By telescoping the support 1, 2 the grounds may be raised and lowered.By swinging the arms 11, 12 or 13 the grounds may be placed in anyposition. Sliding the blocks 15 serves to further control the positionof the ground. By turning the ground on the swivel clip 16 anydesiredangle may be secured and finally by arranging the arms, blocks andswivels any desired combination of grounds may be secured. Fig. 3

shows one ground in use, Fig. 2 two grounds arranged as a panorama forgroups and Fig. 3 two grounds as a corner or angle.

It is obvious that reflectors may be scoured to the clips or arms andmanipulated in any desired manner.

For storage or transportation the blocks 15 are slid off their rods andthe backgrounds rolled up on their battens. The plate 3 is removed fromthe upright and the block 9 is slid up until the feet 5 and 7 areparallel to the part 1. The upper part 2 of the upright is thentelescoped into the lower part 1 thereby reducing the whole structure tothe smallest possible bulk.

We claim 1. A photographic background carrier comprising an upright, ahorizontal plate on the upper end of the upright, an arm car ried on theupper face thereof and freely movable in a plane at right angles to theupright, a block slidable on the arm and a background clip pivotallymounted on the block.

2. A carrier for photographic backgrounds comprising an uprightconsisting of two telescoping members, a horizontal plate carried on theupper end of the upper member, an arm carried on'the upper face of theplate and freely movable in a plane at right angles to theupright, ablock slidable on the arm and a background clip pivotally mounted on theblock.

3. A photographic background carrier comprising an upright, a horizontalplate carried on the upper end thereof, an arm carried on the upper faceof the plate and freely movable in a plane at right angles to theupright, a block slidable on the arm, a background clip pivotallymounted on the block, feet pivotally mounted on the bottom of theupright and braces between the feet and upright.

l. A photographic background carrier comprising an upright, a plate onthe upper end thereof at right anglesthereto, an arm pivoted to the rearof the plate and bearing on the body thereof and movable in a plane Intestimony whereof We have afiixed our signatures in presence of tWoWitnesses.

GUNNAR F. ERIGSON. WILLIAM H. 'TRUITT.

at right angles to the upright, a block slidlVitness es: able on the armand ztbaekground clip piv- ROBERT B. KILLGORE, otally mounted on theblock. MAY M. LIPP.

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